Interleukin-17A gene haplotypes are associated with risk of premature coronary artery disease in Mexican patients from the Genetics of Atherosclerotic Disease (GEA) study.

AIM:The role of interleukin 17A (IL-17A) in the inflammatory process has caused interest in the potential significance of IL-17A as a biomarker for coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of IL-17A gene polymorphisms as susceptibility markers for CAD in t...

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Main Authors: Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Javier Angeles-Martínez, Teresa Villarreal-Molina, Edith Alvarez-León, Rosalinda Posadas-Sánchez, Guillermo Cardoso-Saldaña, Julian Ramírez-Bello, Nonanzit Pérez-Hernández, Juan Gabriel Juárez-Rojas, José Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez, José Manuel Fragoso, Carlos Posadas-Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4304820?pdf=render